A member of the Ahmed Makarfi’s faction of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, has said members loyal to Makarfi may decamp enmass to
another political party should the National Chairman of PDP, Ali Modu Sheriff
win the legal contest at the Supreme Court.
This was disclosed by a former Deputy Speaker, House of
Representatives and an ally of Makarfi, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, while addressing
party stakeholders at Obiri Ehinkirinki Hall, Okpala in Ngor Okpala local
council area of Imo State, on Wednesday.
According to Ihedioha, “Let me tell you in clear terms that
if Ali Modu Sheriff wins the legal battle at the Supreme Court, there is a
ready political platform waiting for us. We will decamp en masse to the party
and abandon PDP for Sheriff.”
Stressing that “Sheriff was brought into PDP to destroy the
party,” the former Deputy Speaker claimed that “Sheriff has a hidden agenda and
we will not allow him to actualize it in PDP.”
Ihedioha said, “there will be a PDP stakeholders meeting,
comprising all former governors, serving and former lawmakers at the national
and state levels, in Owerri on Sunday.”
By Seun Opejobi
